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Prize Cup
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Seamed, tulip-shaped, footed cup or mug with repousse chased crossed stems of flowers forming a reserve on front engraved in script "SCAS / to / M. A. Washington / for the best Floral / design / Oct. 1851." Hollow, spurred, broken scroll handle; applied beaded and quarter round rim and foot ring; flat bottom set in. Bottom underside struck once at center "PURE COIN" in raised serif letters in a triangle. Above and below are remnants of white paper labels. No maker's marks.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePrize Cup. 1851. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.
